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Making up for Lost Time: The Journey
A powerful and painfully honest memoir, this is the story of one women’s grief and the ways it propelled her into unfamiliar journeys of introspection and self-discovery, tearing her down before she finally learned how to rebuild.
It never crossed Kathy Jaloussis’ mind that her Papa, with the booming voice and the big personality, would one day not be around. But that was her reality. Amidst the pain of losing her Papa too soon to cancer, she faced the lasting impact of an emotionally demanding and now irreparable relationship.
Amidst her struggle to make sense of her inconceivable loss, Jaloussis left behind everything familiar to traverse the globe getting closer to her roots in Greece, pushing herself harder than she thought possible on the Inca Trail, coming uncomfortably close to the London bombings, and meeting new friends in foreign places – eventually finding a new home on the other side of the world.
One of the hardest and yet most extraordinary journeys of her life, Making Up For Lost Time The Journey captures grief, soul searching and growth. Ultimately, this story poignantly reveals how death can throw you headfirst into all the unexpected magic and heartache of life.
It never crossed Kathy Jaloussis’ mind that her Papa, with the booming voice and the big personality, would one day not be around. But that was her reality. Amidst the pain of losing her Papa too soon to cancer, she faced the lasting impact of an emotionally demanding and now irreparable relationship.
Amidst her struggle to make sense of her inconceivable loss, Jaloussis left behind everything familiar to traverse the globe getting closer to her roots in Greece, pushing herself harder than she thought possible on the Inca Trail, coming uncomfortably close to the London bombings, and meeting new friends in foreign places – eventually finding a new home on the other side of the world.
One of the hardest and yet most extraordinary journeys of her life, Making Up For Lost Time The Journey captures grief, soul searching and growth. Ultimately, this story poignantly reveals how death can throw you headfirst into all the unexpected magic and heartache of life.
221 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 4, 2022
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About the author
K.E. Jaloussis
2 books1 followerKathy is a Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor based in London and holds a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) and various qualifications in Counselling. She previously worked as a social worker, and her love of mindfulness underpins her work.
Kathy began writing this book 15 years before its completion, but life and work got in the way. She writes as a form of self-healing and catharsis and connects with her grief through her writing. Kathy works with grief counselling and loss among other things, and this study and exploration of grief in her personal and professional life informs her work.
Kathy began writing this book 15 years before its completion, but life and work got in the way. She writes as a form of self-healing and catharsis and connects with her grief through her writing. Kathy works with grief counselling and loss among other things, and this study and exploration of grief in her personal and professional life informs her work.
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July 26, 2022
After the death of her father, the author travels the world for a year. In her journey, she details her experiences through the narrative and through emails sent to friends and family. She shows herself to be resilient and her confidence grows as she seeks her future through all the ups and downs. A well-written travel documentary, and an emotional ride in places.
July 15, 2022
This was an emotional book to read, it shows a woman trying to come to terms with past decisions and loss by travelling, seeing the world and meeting new and interesting people. Book is full of entertaining stories of the world as well as very emotional self discovery. Highly recommend.
July 4, 2022
Travelogue and plenty of soul searching
The story is essentially a story of the author's personal travels to many countries - Hong Kong, India, Austria, Czech Republic, to name a few. Her trip to the Inca trail, and her struggles on the trail were excellently narrated.
But that is not all that there is to it. The story starts with the author narrating how she came to know about her father's cancer and what she did for it. Starting with people at work who did not let her visit her father for his sickness and how she handled that and the other things that came along with it.
The story told in the form of emails, letters and the actual narration of the event following it, said the reasons for the author's travel to the particular place and her reasons for the visit to it and what she got from the place.
Two things from the book stand out immediately - one, how much she enjoyed London and how her life changed because the bombings there and how she handled that. Her description of life in London was interesting and brought out many nuances about the place.
The next was her images of her father. The reason that the author has undertaken all these trips is to find some solace from the relationship with her father. He was a tough and strong Greek and it is obvious that his family means a lot to him. The author's images of her father bring out a very strong man and shows how much his death actually affected her.
Nice memoir/travelogue to make us understand that death of a loved one affects all of us and it takes plenty of soul searching to move on beyond it. Nice read.
The story is essentially a story of the author's personal travels to many countries - Hong Kong, India, Austria, Czech Republic, to name a few. Her trip to the Inca trail, and her struggles on the trail were excellently narrated.
But that is not all that there is to it. The story starts with the author narrating how she came to know about her father's cancer and what she did for it. Starting with people at work who did not let her visit her father for his sickness and how she handled that and the other things that came along with it.
The story told in the form of emails, letters and the actual narration of the event following it, said the reasons for the author's travel to the particular place and her reasons for the visit to it and what she got from the place.
Two things from the book stand out immediately - one, how much she enjoyed London and how her life changed because the bombings there and how she handled that. Her description of life in London was interesting and brought out many nuances about the place.
The next was her images of her father. The reason that the author has undertaken all these trips is to find some solace from the relationship with her father. He was a tough and strong Greek and it is obvious that his family means a lot to him. The author's images of her father bring out a very strong man and shows how much his death actually affected her.
Nice memoir/travelogue to make us understand that death of a loved one affects all of us and it takes plenty of soul searching to move on beyond it. Nice read.
June 5, 2022
Here is a writer that through her own determination, overcoming living through a most difficult relationship with her father was able to journey through and come out the other end learning how to cope through her experiences with her very unknown journey ahead and the challenges emotionally she endured along the way.
I could completely feel the pain as she relived this memory but as she put herself into another perspective way of thinking, she had not only the ability to move forward by setting off to getting into her own journey with travelling to a lot of interesting challenging countries but experiencing her abilities to write and express her emotional side of her story, making it very real to readers while they travelled on that journey with her.
I feel if Kathy keeps writing in the future, particularly in fiction. I would love to see her portray characters and places from her imagination. Even childrens books could be really beneficial as children do tend to pick up on senative stories and pictures.
I am really looking forward and would like again to see something like this book I could not put down as I found “Making up for lost time. The Journey” definitely fitted into that category of a potentially great read.
Lorette.
I could completely feel the pain as she relived this memory but as she put herself into another perspective way of thinking, she had not only the ability to move forward by setting off to getting into her own journey with travelling to a lot of interesting challenging countries but experiencing her abilities to write and express her emotional side of her story, making it very real to readers while they travelled on that journey with her.
I feel if Kathy keeps writing in the future, particularly in fiction. I would love to see her portray characters and places from her imagination. Even childrens books could be really beneficial as children do tend to pick up on senative stories and pictures.
I am really looking forward and would like again to see something like this book I could not put down as I found “Making up for lost time. The Journey” definitely fitted into that category of a potentially great read.
Lorette.
May 28, 2022
A great read
I thoroughly enjoyed this one! The story revolves around Kathy as she discovers that her bigger than life Papa is diagnosed with lung cancer and her emotional rollercoaster ride that follows it. Both father and daughter have difficulty speaking to each other, which results in a strained relationship over the years and when she gets together to be there for her Papa as his health deteriorates, Kathy struggles coming to terms with the idea that he won't be in this world one day. If there's one thing that you can takeaway from the story is that no matter what, life is precious and can be gone in an instant. I highly recommend this one!
I thoroughly enjoyed this one! The story revolves around Kathy as she discovers that her bigger than life Papa is diagnosed with lung cancer and her emotional rollercoaster ride that follows it. Both father and daughter have difficulty speaking to each other, which results in a strained relationship over the years and when she gets together to be there for her Papa as his health deteriorates, Kathy struggles coming to terms with the idea that he won't be in this world one day. If there's one thing that you can takeaway from the story is that no matter what, life is precious and can be gone in an instant. I highly recommend this one!
June 5, 2022
There is a lot to say about the death of a parent. Everyone handles loss differently. I lost my father at a very young age and didn’t have the ability to mourn properly but to be able to live life to the fullest as Kathy did and as I’m sure her Papa would have wanted is definitely a great way to cope. It was amazing to read about her adventures traveling through many different countries, and one day I hope to be able to do the same.
I think one thing we can all learn from reading this is not to take life for granted because it’s way too short. So live life to the absolute fullest and make up for your lost time before it’s too late.
I think one thing we can all learn from reading this is not to take life for granted because it’s way too short. So live life to the absolute fullest and make up for your lost time before it’s too late.
June 21, 2022
An emotional journey
This is a moving autobiographical account of one woman who after her Papa dies of cancer she decides to go travelling to find herself. From Australia to Argentina, from the UK to Greece where she spends some time on the beautiful island of Rhodes where her Papa was born she makes a lot of friends a long the way and makes a lot of memories both good and bad. This is beautifully written in such a way that I even shed a manly tear or two when her Papa died and chuckled at some of the experiences she had. I definitely recommend this.
This is a moving autobiographical account of one woman who after her Papa dies of cancer she decides to go travelling to find herself. From Australia to Argentina, from the UK to Greece where she spends some time on the beautiful island of Rhodes where her Papa was born she makes a lot of friends a long the way and makes a lot of memories both good and bad. This is beautifully written in such a way that I even shed a manly tear or two when her Papa died and chuckled at some of the experiences she had. I definitely recommend this.
July 14, 2022
A touching story
The story about Kathy and getting to grips with her Papa who is terminally ill. This story reminds me of myself and my late mom. She has last stage kidney failure and life was a roller coaster ride with the pain and suffering that she endured and myself too when she was unreasonable. The ones that we love hurt deeply. A great read that resonates with my experience.
The story about Kathy and getting to grips with her Papa who is terminally ill. This story reminds me of myself and my late mom. She has last stage kidney failure and life was a roller coaster ride with the pain and suffering that she endured and myself too when she was unreasonable. The ones that we love hurt deeply. A great read that resonates with my experience.
June 30, 2022
A fantastic journey!
A brave lady in many ways for sharing her own intimate thoughts, feelings and experiences, by putting pen to paper to create this amazing account of her life whilst being constantly reminded of both joyous and painful memories after the death of her father.
Travelling alone for 12 months was her way of coping, meeting so many people in different countries shows the determination, resilience and strength this author has in a bid to find herself and work out her future. An excellent piece of writing that brings out a multitude of emotions for the reader. Only thing missing was pictures of some of the wonderful screens and events described. Thoroughly enjoyed, fantastic job!
A brave lady in many ways for sharing her own intimate thoughts, feelings and experiences, by putting pen to paper to create this amazing account of her life whilst being constantly reminded of both joyous and painful memories after the death of her father.
Travelling alone for 12 months was her way of coping, meeting so many people in different countries shows the determination, resilience and strength this author has in a bid to find herself and work out her future. An excellent piece of writing that brings out a multitude of emotions for the reader. Only thing missing was pictures of some of the wonderful screens and events described. Thoroughly enjoyed, fantastic job!
August 5, 2022
I really enjoyed the letters that started most of the chapters and some of the adorable descriptions like: “…was like a whole load of goodness mixed up in a bucket and served to me with whipped cream.”
I don’t read a lot of memoirs, but this one dealing with the death of a parent hit me hard. Not that it’s the same, but my cat died recently, and I really connected with her grief. There is lots of travel and a storm of emotions all wrapped up in one book.
I don’t read a lot of memoirs, but this one dealing with the death of a parent hit me hard. Not that it’s the same, but my cat died recently, and I really connected with her grief. There is lots of travel and a storm of emotions all wrapped up in one book.
September 8, 2022
Making up for Lost Time by K. E. Jaloussis is a heartwarming read of an autobiographical account of her journey from grief to finding herself through travel and diving in to new experiences. I really recommend this if you enjoy travel and memoir books. Five stars!
September 24, 2022
A heartwarming travel book
Kathy shares her own experiences, thoughts, and feelings. She is determined and shows strength. It's an excellent life journey that moves the heart.
Kathy shares her own experiences, thoughts, and feelings. She is determined and shows strength. It's an excellent life journey that moves the heart.
June 8, 2022
This is about when Kathy's Papa is diagnosed with lung cancer. She tries to move forward and live life to the fullest. While traveling, she has many ups and downs, and new experiences. She has a great way of writing that really puts her emotions out there, she had a vivid way of describing the places she's been too. Great read.
July 4, 2022
A personal read
A rather moving memoir which is written rather well. I commend the author for sharing such personal memories, in a way which makes it relatable for the reader. Recommended read - thumbs up
A rather moving memoir which is written rather well. I commend the author for sharing such personal memories, in a way which makes it relatable for the reader. Recommended read - thumbs up
May 31, 2022
I was moved reading this book. The author portrays a vivid life of pain and loss. The main character's father is diagnosed with cancer. His daughter must try to move forward.
This broken family had one hell of a life that they lived through.
I felt many emotions as I read and paused so many times.
This was well worth the read.
This broken family had one hell of a life that they lived through.
I felt many emotions as I read and paused so many times.
This was well worth the read.
July 9, 2022
This took me a while to read but I was able to read it, and I loved it! The cover caught my attention for sure! The author was able to while reading show what happens when someone goes through a horrible time of grieving. Dealing with loss in someone's life. I love reading memoirs! It was well-formatted, and simple to read. If you love reading memoirs then I recommend this! Well done!
June 24, 2022
A touching, poignant memoir that reconstructs the path author K.E. Jaloussis took after the death of her father, which changed her life immensely. Interspersed with the actual memories of pain and loss are detailed letters that she sent to friends, often about her travels to different parts of the world; the letters are filled with lovely descriptions the places she is visiting and her reactions to them. A heartfelt, intensely personal journey that interweaves a host of innately human emotions: grief, joy, anxiety and renewal.
May 29, 2022
K E Jaloussis writes in a way that really made me feel her own pain and her own fears and struggles. She captured grief in a way that I found very relatable. This story is one of failure, of mistakes, of mourning and above all of rising above all of those things to continue to carry on throughout life. I simply loved it.
May 28, 2022
A moving read
This is a beautiful and emotional autobiography about the author’s journey through life. It is a rollercoaster with ups and lows. Very well written and an enjoyable read!
This is a beautiful and emotional autobiography about the author’s journey through life. It is a rollercoaster with ups and lows. Very well written and an enjoyable read!
September 6, 2022
As one who has travelled a great deal in an attempt to deal with grief, this book resonated with me. I read it in one sitting.
The author had to come to terms with her Papa and his terminal illness. I've also had to come to a place of acceptance with loved ones who have passed or are simply aging. It isn't apples to apples but it's similar.
Bring tissues when you read this one...but read it.
The author had to come to terms with her Papa and his terminal illness. I've also had to come to a place of acceptance with loved ones who have passed or are simply aging. It isn't apples to apples but it's similar.
Bring tissues when you read this one...but read it.
August 13, 2022
Emotionlly packed Story of her life ans journey towards self grwoth with lots of obstacles along the way.
August 17, 2023
An emotional journey
This is a moving autobiographical account of one woman who after her Papa dies of cancer she decides to go travelling to find herself. From Australia to Argentina, from the UK to Greece where she spends some time on the beautiful island of Rhodes where her Papa was born she makes a lot of friends a long the way and makes a lot of memories both good and bad. This is beautifully written in such a way that I even shed a manly tear or two when her Papa died and chuckled at some of the experiences she had. I definitely recommend this.
This is a moving autobiographical account of one woman who after her Papa dies of cancer she decides to go travelling to find herself. From Australia to Argentina, from the UK to Greece where she spends some time on the beautiful island of Rhodes where her Papa was born she makes a lot of friends a long the way and makes a lot of memories both good and bad. This is beautifully written in such a way that I even shed a manly tear or two when her Papa died and chuckled at some of the experiences she had. I definitely recommend this.
July 26, 2022
Time is never made up
It sounds as if you used traveling as your way to deal with your grief. However, it only made your life more costly and miserable. Staying home in one place until you delt with the grief and healed and then travel .
It was a heartfelt story, but more of a travel itinerary of some great places around the world. Glad you are home safe from bombings and such and dealing with the loss of your papa.
It sounds as if you used traveling as your way to deal with your grief. However, it only made your life more costly and miserable. Staying home in one place until you delt with the grief and healed and then travel .
It was a heartfelt story, but more of a travel itinerary of some great places around the world. Glad you are home safe from bombings and such and dealing with the loss of your papa.
August 8, 2022
Memories of dealing with grief which stemmed, not only from the loss of her father, but also from his lack of approval and the hurt that left behind. The author turns to traveling as a means of moving forward. A touching read.
April 26, 2023
An honest and heartfelt account of the author's struggle with grief and how to heal with time. Follow along her journey filled with treasured memories, friendships, travels and new beginnings; you will not be disappointed. She teaches us the importance of being appreciative of the moments we have with our loved ones and how to move beyond the painful feelings through self-nurturing, creative outlets, new relationships and opportunities. Highly recommended.
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